Press Release – Nelson Marlborough Health
Front-line Port Nelson and Port Marlborough workers will be the first in our region to receive COVID-19 vaccine, starting on 1 March and 3 March respectively.
The people they live with will also be vaccinated and, with the two doses required for all parties and three weeks required in between doses, the complete programme will take several weeks.
Dr Nick Baker, Nelson Marlborough Health Chief Medical Officer, describes the event as a significant milestone in New Zealand’s fight against COVID-19.
“This is the first phase of New Zealand’s largest-ever immunisation programme, and the much-anticipated next crucial phase in our fight against COVID-19.
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Friday, 12 February 2021, 4:40 pm
Work is underway to identify the controls, including the
operational and risk management practices that need to be in
place, to enable the ongoing safe transit of vessels through
Tory Channel and Queen Charlotte Sound, said Captain Luke
Grogan, the Marlborough Harbourmaster.
“A
collaborative risk assessment group was convened last year
which includes the ferry operators, Maritime New Zealand,
Port Marlborough and the Marlborough Harbourmaster. I also
commissioned external maritime risk consultants GBT
International (now TC South) to undertake a review of
maritime risk in Tory Channel, published as a report,
Tory Channel/Kura te Au Navigation Safety Risk
His cousin, Tim Nott, was leaving his job as chef at the Rydges Hotel in Christchurch to be head chef. Another cousin, Ashleigh Nott, a hairdresser by trade, was joining the team too. Behind this new family business, Thomas wanted to set up an affordable and low-key place, based on what he enjoyed as a child on his way out to the Sounds.
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Cieran Thomas, with AD (Adventure Dog), plans to use only the cafe-restaurant part of the building for now. “Places like Waikawa Bay . or Momorangi Bay, they used to have those little shops with icecream and lollies, milk and bread for camping . All these kinds of necessities you need when you are out on the road.”